Category: Movie & DVD Reviews

My Way Starring – Rebekah Starr, Annika Alliksoo, Jamie Adler, Holly Bacci (RSB Project/MVD) Rebekah Starr, now known as Rebekah Rahnavardi, fronts the Rebekah Starr Band and hails from the small town of Kittanning, Pennsylvania. She comes from an affluent…

New Orleans Music in Exile Starring – Dr. John, Cyril Neville, Irma Thomas, Marcia Ball, The Iguanas, Cowboy Mouth, (Mug Shot/MVD) The first half of the first decade of the new millennium was a tough one for Americans to swallow….

Rush Time Stand Still (Zoë Vision) In 2015 the iconic Canadian rock band Rush embarked on their 35-date R40 tour to celebrate their 40th anniversary. With rumors this would be the bands final full-fledged tour, Geddy Lee (bass, vocals), Alex…

The Tubes Live at German Television (The Musikladen Concert 1981) (Sireena) The Tubes have never gotten the respect they deserve. Going back to their San Francisco beginning in the early 70s, they were at the forefront of the art-rock experience….

C.H.U.D. Starring – John Heard, Daniel Stern, Kim Greist, John Goodman (Arrow/MVD) In the underground of New York City, the homeless aka “under grounders” are dying, but the police choose to turn their heads until Captain Bosch (Christopher Curry) wife…

The Hills Have Eyes Starring – Susan Lanier, Robert Houston, Dee Wallace, Michael Berryman, Janus Blythe (Arrow/MVD) The story of horror film master Wes Craven is quite amazing. He started as a teacher in college after he graduated while doing…

The Initiation Starring – Daphne Zuniga, Vera Miles, James Reed, Hunter Tylo (Arrow/MVD) Before she was Princess Vespa in 1987’s Mel Brooks classic “Spaceballs” and even before her break out role as Jo Reynolds on the 1990s hit “Melrose Place,”…

The Shallows Starring – Blake Lively, Óscar Jaenada, Angelo Josue Lozano Corzo (Columbia/Ombre) Since Steven Spielberg’s 1975 masterpiece “Jaws” there have been a long line of shark-themed movies to come out of Hollywood to try make people be afraid to…

Vamp Starring – Grace Jones, Chris Makepeace, Robert Rusler, Dedee Pfeiffer, Gedde Watanabe (Arrow/MVD) Keith (Chris Makepeace) and AJ (Robert Rusler) are two college cut ups looking to join a fraternity, but to do so they have to bring a…

Extreme Pornograffitti Live 25: Metal Meltdown (Loud & Proud) For those who aren’t into metal, Extreme is probably best remembered for one of two things: 1) Singer Gary Cerone was shanghaied to be a pawn in Van Halen’s comeback fever…

Motown 25 Yesterday Today Forever (Time Life) The 1983 TV special “Motown 25” was a defining moment in TV for many. Michael Jackson was at one of the highest peaks in his career and he slayed the crowd with hit…

Scorpions Live in Munich 2012 (Eagle Rock) I swear at one point in the last few years, legendary German rockers Scorpions said they were retiring. But yeah, seriously, do any bands really retire these days? In 2010 the band —…

Pete Townshend Face the Face, The Live Set (CD/DVD) (Eagle Rock) The Who were probably the first band past KISS and Cheap Trick that grabbed my attention when I was a pre-teen. Even then I recognized the talent that drove…